2017 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team

The 2017 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team represents the University of Alabama in the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Crimson Tide will play their home games in the newly renovated Sewell–Thomas Stadium.

2017 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionWest
2017 record19–34 (5–24 SEC)
Head coach
Hitting coachJake Wells
Pitching coachTerry Rooney
Home stadiumSewell–Thomas Stadium
2017 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
Eastern
No. 1 Florida  xy 2190 .700  52190 .732
No. 10 Kentucky  y 19110 .633  43230 .652
No. 15 Vanderbilt  y 15131 .534  36251 .589
Missouri   14160 .467  36230 .610
South Carolina   13170 .433  35250 .583
Georgia   11190 .367  25320 .439
Tennessee   7210 .250  27250 .519
Western
No. 2 LSU  xy 2190 .700  52200 .722
No. 22 Arkansas  y 18110 .621  45190 .703
No. 13 Mississippi State y 17130 .567  40270 .597
No. 8 Texas A&M  y 16140 .533  41230 .641
No. 29 Auburn  y 16140 .533  37260 .587
Ole Miss   14160 .467  32250 .561
Alabama   5241 .183  19341 .361
x Division champion
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Personnel

Returning starters

Player Class Position
Chandler Avant Junior INF
Cody Henry Junior INF
Cobie Vance Sophomore INF
Nick Eicholtz Senior OF
Jake Walters Junior SP

Roster

2017 Alabama Crimson Tide roster
 

Pitchers

  • 16 Jake Walters - Junior
  • 20 Brock Love - Sophomore
  • 21 Garret Rukes - Freshman
  • 24 Garrett Suchey - Junior
  • 25 Dylan Duarte - Sophomore
  • 27 Zac Rogers - Junior
  • 29 Nick Eicholtz - Senior
  • 31 Nathan Altstadt - Freshman
  • 33 Kyle Cameron - Sophomore
  • 36 Tyler McMurray - Junior
  • 42 Tyler Adams - Junior
  • 44 Davis Vainer - Freshman
  • 55 Mike Oczypok - Senior
 

Catchers

  • 6 Alex Webb - Freshman
  • 8 Tanner DeVinny - Senior
  • 28 Kyle Kaufman - Sophomore
  • 41 Taylor Poe - Senior

Infielders

  • 1 Cobie Vance - Sophomore
  • 2 John Trousdale - Freshman
  • 5 Chandler Avant - Junior
  • 9 Cody Henry - Junior
  • 11 Connor Short - Junior
  • 15 Camden Bauer - Freshman
  • 22 Hunter Alexander - Junior
  • 37 Zack Coker - Sophomore
 

Outfielders

  • 7 Chandler Taylor - Sophomore
  • 13 Walker McCleney - Freshman
  • 18 Keith Holcombe - Sophomore
  • 19 Hunter Webb - Senior
  • 46 Logan Carey - Freshman
  • 48 Connor Wright - Freshman

Utility

  • 3 Will Lumpkin - Freshman
  • 10 Sam Finnerty - Sophomore
  • 12 Sonny Potter - Freshman
  • 14 Gene Wood - Sophomore
  • 30 Connor Stutts - Sophomore
  • 32 Deacon Medders - Freshman

Coaching staff

2017 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball coaching staff
  • Greg Goff – Head Coach (1st year)
  • Terry Rooney – Associate Head Coach (1st year)
  • Jake Wells – Assistant Coach (1st year)
  • Derek Simmons – Assistant Coach (1st year)
  • Michael Chadwick – Director of Operations (1st year)
  • Joe Hoffer – Athletic Trainer (10th year)

Schedule and results

2017 Alabama Crimson Tide Baseball Game Log
Regular Season

† Indicates the game does not count toward the 2017 Southeastern Conference standings.
*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the Collegiate Baseball poll.

Honors and awards

  • None

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Final 
Coaches'[1] NR NR* NR* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 
Baseball America[2] NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 
Collegiate Baseball^[3] RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 
NCBWA[4] NR 14 RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 
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^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

See also

References

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